Jane hails from rural North Yorkshire, but has lived all over the world. She moved to London to work for a think tank and to bring up her family. Jane now works as an international communications and public engagement consultant. Her interests stretch from politics, the arts and literature, to yoga and the natural world. She is passionate about mitigating the effects of the climate crisis.
Scratched on the walls of Richmond Caste in North Yorkshire is graffiti you won’t find in any history book. It tells the story of 16 young men imprisoned in the castle, sentenced to death for their beliefs. In 1916, 28-year-old Norman Gaudie, a well-known northern footballer and a Quaker, was imprisoned without fair trial in […]
The cultural sector has been one of the hardest hit parts of the economy during the last few months. This is mainly down to the mixed revenue streams they have been forced to adopt, as public money was cut and cut. Many smaller galleries and museums are now facing insolvency.
All credit to Marcus Rashford for forcing the government to finally face up to the issue of food poverty. For a decade at least, those on the front line have watched the government rely on charities and food banks to support failures in the benefit system. The introduction of universal credit in 2013 left the […]
Home Secretary Priti Patel, this week confirmed that almost all arrivals to the UK will be expected to isolate for 14 days. Three months into the lockdown, introducing a quarantine period now is too late. Back in March when the prospect of a UK lockdown still seemed the stuff of fiction, I was working in […]
Lockdown has forced many people to reassess their lives. Work and life look very different now to three months ago. Relieved of their city offices, people have turned to thinking about where they would really like to live. According to data released in May by property website Rightmove, searches by urbanites looking for a property […]